schedule tomorrow and talking about the economy. bill: we don t need a strike. hope you had a good thanksgiving. dana: let s go to washington and the biden administrations decision to let one of america s biggest oil companies resume business in venezuela. edward lawrence is live at the white house. he turned to the dictator in venezuela maduro to bring more oil to the market. this is a zbochlt the u.s. does not even officially recognize. the treasury department has issued a generalizeens to chevron to start being able to pump oil out of venezuela. in anticipation of the criticism an administration spokesperson said this action will not be taken in response to energy prices. this is a limited license as we have said in the past, this is about regime taking steps needed
after today s meeting, he said he does not think there will be an imminent attempt to invade taiwan. we re going to compete vigorously, but i m not looking for conflict, i m looking to manage this competition responsibly. and i want to make sure, make sure that every country abides by the international rules of the road. i absolutely believe there need not be a new cold war. there was never an expectation of any binding deals coming out of today s meeting. instead, it was an attempt to lower the temperature, with each country setting out what it will not tolerate from the other in the hope of preventing disagreement turning into conflict and to try to avoid a new cold war. sarah smith, bbc news. let s go to washington now and speak tojosh lipsky. he s the senior director of the atlantic council s geoeconomics centre. thank you so much forjoining us. so comparatively positive
it was something i m sure for the mostly young people there let me give folks a sense of the response to this. there were so many people, thousands and thousands there. speaking of thousands, 1700 response personnel. there were 520 firefighters. 1100 police officers. 70 government workers and more. it was an extraordinary response all in that small area. the trauma to that region, absolutely extraordinary and heartbreaking. thomas, thank you so much for the report from seoul, south korea. let s go to washington. tomorrow, the supreme court will hear arguments on where the biggest cases of this term. a challenge to college affirmative action policies. how might the makeup of the court changed one of the most famous past supreme court cases? we will bring you two answers next. next [ chuckling ] and i hope whatever you ve got to do
however, ukraine will feel that victories like these will pave the way. james waterhouse, bbc news. let s go to washington now and speak with andrew d anieri. he s the assistant director of the eurasia center at the atlantic council think tank. thank you for being with us. how significant is this news out of lyman in your view? it significant is this news out of lyman in your view?- significant is this news out of lyman in your view? it is massively significant- lyman in your view? it is massively significant. after lyman in your view? it is massively significant. after ukraine s - lyman in your view? it is massively significant. after ukraine s counter| significant. after ukraine s counter offensive a few weeks ago, we have been looking to see what ukraine would do to extend the counter offensive. they showed of the territory they had taken back from russian forces and now we see they encircle russian forces around lyman and push them out of the town. this comes only one day afte
line? it get those people to the front line? . r, , r, line? it certainly well and then there line? it certainly well and then there is line? it certainly well and then there is the - line? it certainly well and | then there is the question line? it certainly well and i then there is the question of how much training they will receive, how prepared they will be divided. this reeks of desperation by the russians to call up this level of reserve iss and the amount of time it will take to be able to sustain a war effort that at this point is failing. marti flacks, thank you. stocks continue to fall. oil prices stomped on friday, the pound crashed against the dollar and the darkjones index found to its lowest level since november 2020. found to its lowest level since november2020. == found to its lowest level since november 2020. found to its lowest level since november 2020. dowjones. let s no november 2020. dowjones. let s go to november 2020. dowjones. let s go to washingto